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Solar constant and sunspots

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The relationship, already found by the authors, between sunspot numbers and the solar constant, as deduced from the highest global irradiance values at noon, is here reexamined and confirmed. Some attempts at explanation and further inferences are presented.

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  1. Istituto Geofisico e Geodetico, Università di Genova, (Italy)

    Giuseppe Flocchini

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  1. Mario Bossolasco
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  2. Guiseppe Cicconi
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Bossolasco, M., Cicconi, G., Dagnino, I. et al. Solar constant and sunspots. PAGEOPH 62, 207–214 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875302

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